•What
are the 6 major media conglomerates operating today?
1- national amusements
2- disney
3- time warner
4- Comcast
5- news corp
6- sony
Concentration of media ownership (also known as mediaconsolidation or media convergence) is a process wherebyprogressively fewer individuals or organizations controlincreasing shares of the mass media. Contemporary researchdemonstrates increasing levels of consolidation, with manymedia industries already highly concentrated and dominated bya very small number of firms.
concentration can limit variety as it does not let new ideas in.
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concentration can limit variety as it does not let new ideas in.
agree
- conglomerates may not allow alternative ideas or texts such as films to be produced.
- conglomerated are driven by profit and income. therefore if a formula is successful profitable texts (magazines, films) continue to be reduced.
disagree
- conglomerates can produce creative works and texts that are high quality due to high budgets and good crew.
more socially diverse patterns of ownerships help to create the conditions for more varied and adventurous media productions.
the idea that the people who own the media are from a diverse background. not only from wealthy white men. if it was this the case, the media product might become lees varied. the media productions would be more adventurous and diverse.
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